Laura Griffin says “Be Careful What You Look For”

November 25, 2009 by Mad

ALEX LOVELL MAKES PEOPLE DISAPPEAR.
TURNS OUT, SHE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

Private investigator Alexandra Lovell uses computer skills and cunning to help clients drop off the radar and begin new lives in safety. Melanie Bess, desperate to escape her abusive cop husband, was one of those clients. But when Melanie vanishes for real, Alex fears the worst, and sets out to discover what happened. Using every resource she can get her hands on — including an elite team of forensic scientists known as the Tracers, and a jaded, sexy Austin PD detective — Alex embarks on a mission to uncover the truth.

As far as homicide cop Nathan Deveraux is concerned, no body means no case. But as much as he wants to believe that Alex’s hunch about Melanie’s murder is wrong, his instincts — and their visceral attraction — won’t let him walk away. As a grim picture of what really happened begins to emerge, Nathan realizes this investigation runs deeper than they could ever have guessed. And each step nearer the truth puts Alex in danger of being the next to disappear….

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Be careful what you look for – you might find it.

Private investigator Alexandra Lovell uses computer skills and cunning to help clients drop off the radar and begin new lives in safety.

Melanie Bess, desperate to escape her abusive husband, was one of those clients. But when Melanie vanishes for real, Alex fears the worst and sets out to discover what happened. Using every resource she can get her hands on?including an elite team of forensic scientists known as the Tracers, and a jaded, sexy detective who’s helped her before–Alex embarks on a mission to uncover the truth, one clue at a time.

A note from Laura Griffin:

Have you ever wanted to disappear? I don’t just mean take a break from life for a few hours. I mean really get lost. Vanish. Drop off the radar.

Sound like a tough thing to accomplish? It is. As I researched my novel UNTRACEABLE, I found out just how hard it is to get lost in our digital world. We leave tracks all over the place. Everyone from your cable company to your health club collects personal information about you, which means that disappearing is amazingly difficult to do, even if your life depends on it.

UNTRACEABLE is the first book in my new Tracers Series, which combines action, romance, and forensic science — which happen to be three of my favorite things to write about! I hope you’ll enjoy the story!

If you’d like to disappear with a book for a few hours (maybe you’ve got relatives in town for the holidays?) or if you’d simply like to get a jump on your holiday shopping, enter my drawing to win a $25 GIFT CARD to Amazon.com along with an autographed copy of UNTRACEABLE.

Just send me an email at laura@lauragriffin.com with the subject line Romance Reader @ Heart and I’ll enter you in the drawing.

Happy holidays and happy reading!

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Many thanks to Laura for being our guest today. Don’t forget to email Laura for the chance to win a copy of UNTRACEABLE and a $25 gift card. For more information on Laura and her books, please visit her website here.

Posted in Contemporary, December 2009, G - H Authors, Guest Blogger | 21 Comments

21 Responses

on November 25, 2009 at 8:15 am | Reply catie james

I’ve thought about that – how much harder it must be for the US Marshall’s Office to hide people in Witness Protection with today’s technology. Even people who need to get off the radar due to stalkers, or abusive exes have ten times as many barriers to anonymity these days unless they go completely off the grid and give up things like indoor plumbing, electricity, heat, etc. Definitely gives one pause at the price we pay in terms of privacy, for all our technological “advances.” You’re definitely tackling meaty subject matter.
on November 25, 2009 at 10:39 am | Reply blodeuedd

Hm, ok answering the question here and emailing her later 🙂

I have thought about it, but then again, I do not wanna loose my friends and family. Oh and I am too scared to started over without anything really. So that would not be for me
on November 25, 2009 at 10:57 am | Reply Laura Griffin

I agree, it’s a pretty daunting prospect. I can’t imagine leaving my whole life behind. You would have to be in a very dire situation. Thanks for posting!
on November 25, 2009 at 11:53 am | Reply Calila

Hi Laura, thanks for dropping by.

I have thought about it before, but I don’t think I could let something ever have that much power over me to make me give up my whole life as is. Then again I doubt anyone ever really imagines it until it becomes necessary.

Email sent!
on November 25, 2009 at 11:56 am | Reply Crystal B.

Hi Laura. Untraceable sounds good. There have been times when life was stressful that I wanted to disappear.
on November 25, 2009 at 12:06 pm | Reply Natasha A.

Congratulations on your new release Laura. It looks great! 😀
on November 25, 2009 at 12:52 pm | Reply Colleen

Love the sound of this book! As for disappearing, probably not… I am used to being around family even when I would rather not! Happy Holidays! 😀
on November 25, 2009 at 12:56 pm | Reply Quilt Lady

Your books sounds fabulous! As for disappearing, I guess we all have thought about it, but when you get right down to it we probably wouldn’t do it.
on November 25, 2009 at 1:44 pm | Reply Laura Griffin

Thanks for your comments! I have heard from several women who said they seriously considered disappearing, and in each case it was a violent husband / custody situation that made them feel so desperate.
on November 25, 2009 at 4:48 pm | Reply Estella

Your book sounds great!
I have never wanted to disappear.
on November 25, 2009 at 5:46 pm | Reply Armenia

Laura, congratulations on your release. It sounds pretty intriguing.
on November 25, 2009 at 5:53 pm | Reply cyclops8

Congrats on the new release. There are times where you want to get away from it all without any interruptions.
on November 25, 2009 at 7:15 pm | Reply Tracey D (bl0226)

It would be hard to leave behind my loved ones. I would hate to disappear and for them to worry about me. They wouldn’t know if I was dead, alive, hurt or what?!?!

Though, I’m sure people would be more than happy if I disappeard!

Thanks!
on November 25, 2009 at 8:43 pm | Reply Stacy S

Untraceable sounds great. I have wondered how hard it would be to disappear now. Not sure that is good for some people who would really need to.
on November 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm | Reply Little Lamb Lost

I can’t imagine how hard it would be to truly disappear. The idea of leaving everyone I know and drastically changing lifestyle, work, even looks is incredibly daunting.
on November 26, 2009 at 2:36 am | Reply Mitzi H

I love the idea of disappearing and starting a new life…but I don’t know how I’d deal with those I left behind??? Love the concept and can’t wait to read your new release.
on November 26, 2009 at 3:32 pm | Reply Sharon Cullen

Can’t wait to read this! Its on my TBR list.
on November 27, 2009 at 12:54 pm | Reply limecello

Hi Laura! Fascinating post- and the books sounds great – very interesting and unique. I’ve… thought about it kind of – there are a few movies/based on true stories of people who created new identities- but those are older.
I can’t imagine what it’d be like to try to get a new SSN, etc. I know its actually very hard to *completely* delete emails. I still don’t know how – just figure I shouldn’t say anything I wouldn’t want someone flashing around 10 years from now 😛

Thanks for visiting with us today 🙂
on November 28, 2009 at 12:55 am | Reply Fedora

I can’t imagine having to disappear and start again–whenever I’ve read stories that involve witness protection programs or that sort of thing, I’ve always felt what a horrible burden that must be to disappear and to leave one’s family and friends behind! And how would I leave my TBR? 😉
on November 28, 2009 at 8:21 pm | Reply Linda Henderson

I’ve never wanted to disappear and certainly hope I never have too. Your book sounds great though.
on November 29, 2009 at 5:43 am | Reply kh

congrats on teh book
and great reivews
entered
thanks

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